Discovery Park (Purdue)

Park Information
Name:	Discovery Park
Location:	610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Affiliation:	Purdue University
Land:	40 acres (160,000 m2)

Discovery Park is a 40-acre (160,000 m²) interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research park located in Purdue University's West Lafayette campus in the U.S. state of Indiana. Its first phase opened in 2004.^[1] Discovery Park has developed into a $375 million research and learning complex of 11 dynamic centers.^[2]

Discovery Park centers extend campus infrastructure to the entire University, allowing multidisciplinary groups to come together and respond to grand challenges and opportunities. Whether it takes root in Discovery Park or elsewhere on campus, each center or institute is cultivated to fill a particular need. Large project centers or institutes, generally funded by an outside agency, are organized around a specific objective and have a natural lifespan. Grassroots centers or institutes vary in size and are formed from faculty initiatives; they are frequently funded by departments within a college or school.

Centers

• Bioscience Center
• Cyber Center
• e-Enterprise Center
• Energy Center
• Center for Entrepreneurship
• Center for the Environment
• Learning Center
• Center for Advanced Manufacturing
• Nanotechnology Center
• Oncological SciencesCenter

Facilities

Bindley Bioscience Center

The Bindley Bioscience Center (BBC) is the Discovery Park Center that blends life sciences and engineering research to cultivate and support innovative, multi-investigator, interdisciplinary research teams at Purdue University. In parallel, the research and development efforts of the BBC foster outside engagement activities that promote economic development initiatives in the life sciences sector of the state, region, nation, and world.

Birck Nanotechnology Center

The Birck Nanotechnology Center is an 187,000-square-foot (17,400 m²) research facility consisting of a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m²) nanofabrication ISO class 3 cleanroom, including a biocleanroom, heavy laboratory space, and office areas. One of the most advanced facilities of its kind in the world, it is designed to support multidisciplinary research in nanotechnology and to foster interaction between researchers and research disciplines.

Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall

The Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall houses the e-Enterprise Center, administrative functions of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing, the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, the Purdue Homeland Security Institute, the Purdue Terrestrial Observatory, the Indiana Center for Cultural Exchange, and the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education, and will provide significant research and lab space for other Discovery Park projects.

Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship

The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship houses several entrepreneurship and innovation related educational programs, as well as the Discovery Learning Center and the Purdue Center for Regional Development. Entrepreneurship programs include the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Technology Commercialization Lab, Interns for Indiana, Biomedship, Intellectual Property Development, Business Plan Competitions, and New Venture Lab. The center is co-directed by Richard A. Cosier, dean of Krannert School of Management and Alan Rebar, executive director of Discovery Park and senior associate vice president of research for Purdue.^[3]

See also

• Purdue Research Park

References

1. ^ "Purdue Dedicates Center For Entrepreneurship". Inside Indiana Business. October 21, 2004. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
2. ^ http://www.purdue.edu/facts/pages/research.html
3. ^ http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/global/news/news.php?id=493&center=8 | Discovery Park News 4 Mar 2010

External links

• Discovery Park Home Page
• Birck Nanotechnology Center Home Page